배부르다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be full (after eating)

Every form of 배부르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
배부른
아/어Infinitive
배불러
-으니Since
배부르니
합니다Formal
배부릅니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 배불러요배부릅니다배불러배부르다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 배불렀어요배불렀습니다배불렀어배불렀다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 배부르겠어요배부르겠습니다배부르겠어배부르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 배부를 거예요배부를 것입니다배부를 거야배부를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 배불러요?배부릅니까?배불러?배부르니?
과거Past 배불렀어요?배불렀습니까?배불렀어?배불렀니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 배불러요안 배부릅니다안 배불러안 배부르다
-지 않다Not (long) 배부르지 않아요배부르지 않습니다배부르지 않아배부르지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 배부르세요배부르십니다배부르셔배부르시다
과거Past 배부르셨어요배부르셨습니다배부르셨어배부르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
배부른
과거Past
배부른
미래Future
배부를
회상Used to
배부르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
배부르고
-게-ly / so that
배부르게
-어서so / and then
배불러서
-으니까since
배부르니까
-으면if / when
배부르면
-지만but
배부르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
배부른데
-어도even if
배불러도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그래서 아이들이 배부르도록 말이죠.

Something that would fill them up.

배부를 때 먹는 거야.

It's for when you're full.

밥이든 빵이든 배부르면 됐지.

Whether it's rice or bread, it's all good if it makes you full.

어디나 마찬가지예요 배부르면 죄가 된대요

That is true everywhere. It is a sin to be full.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 배부르다 in Korean?

배부르다 (to be full (after eating)) is 배불러요 in the polite 해요체, 배부릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 배불러 in casual 반말 and 배부르다 in the plain written style. The past is 배불렀어요.

What is the past tense of 배부르다?

배불렀어요 in everyday polite speech, 배불렀습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 배불러 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 배부르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 배불러 and 배부르니 but unchanged in 배부릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 배부르다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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